How project plan software was developed

Just like anything in this world, a project plan software has its history and it also undergoes life cycle.  For project plan software development, it usually follows the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).  This is a process of creating methodologies on how to develop a software and is mostly applied to computer and information systems.

Nowadays, creating project plan software is a complex process and involves a lot of skillful and competent people who must work together.  The following stages describe the Systems Development Life Cycle (SLDC).

1.   Initiation- This is the very first stage wherein a sponsor creates a proposal to develop a project plan software because there is a need or an opportunity to design one.

2.   System Concept Development – This stage describes the scope of the product or the software.  Important things to be done are listed down such as feasibility studies, risk management plan, cost benefit analysis, and the boundary information of the system.

3.   Planning – In this part, project management plan and other plans are developed.  This also provides the groundwork of the resources needed to accomplish the issues needed in creating a project plan software.

4.   Requirement Analysis – User requirements are developed on this part.  Functional requirements documents are created to be able to have a clearer picture of what the users specifically need on the software and how these needs must be given answers.

5.   Design – This is where technical skills are used.  The detailed requirements for the project plan software were given functions.  This is now the application of the system designs previously planned.

6.   Development -  The design for the project plan software then undergoes a complete transformation in this stage.  The design would undergo acquisitions of installing systems environment, creation of database, preparation of test files, coding, compiling and refining.  When the design is converted to a complete information system, it will then perform a test readiness review.

7.   Integration and Test – In this stage, the project plan software is ready to conform with the requirements as stated in the functional requirements documents.  Once the software is tested, a test analysis report would be produced.

8.   Acceptance, installation, deployment – After passing the quality assurance, the software would be put into production for the use of the target consumers.  This is where the project plan software is marketed and distributed.

9.  Maintenance – Project plan software, even though how rigid the process it underwent still needs to be maintained.  Because of the fast-paced development of technology, there are always new things coming out.  Just like the software, changes will undergo that’s why maintenance as part of the cycle should be there.  Although the software had been distributed already, the software must accommodate change to be able to adapt to the speedy transition of technology.

With the methodology explained above, it can’t be denied that project plan software is scrutinized carefully.  It was not just developed for business purposes only.  In fact, quality is guaranteed first before it is deployed to the users.